A review by dennisfischman
The Shifting Tide by Anne Perry

4.0

I'm sure I've read something else in this series, but it's so long ago that it doesn't count--so believe me when I tell you that you don't have to read any other William Monk books to enjoy this one immensely. The characters and the relationships are sketched in without unnecessary explanation. The setting is a wash of different senses, to the point of stomach-turning on occasion, but real. The mysteries are ingenious, and the solutions are unexpected.

Most of all, in this plague year of 2020, reading this book reminded me of how human beings can rise to their highest virtues in a time of disaster.